MANGALURU: Two families from Uppinangady in Dakshina Kannada, who had assaulted a doctor in 2008, went to his clinic last week to apologise.
Some of them had assaulted Dr Niranjan Rai on September 26, 2008, for allegedly misbehaving with a woman.
Rai told STOI, “In September 2008, the woman’s husband had made a false allegation against me. I explained to him that nothing of that sort had happened in my clinic. The next day, a group landed and though I tried to convince them of my innocence, they assaulted me and destroyed property. While I complained, they filed a case against me. Though the cases were withdrawn after a compromise months later, the allegations hurt me. I prayed to the deity at Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala to bring truth to light.”
As it happened, both families underwent financial and mental trauma after the incident and recently, were advised by an astrologer to make amends for the assault.
“It brought me great mental relief that they acknowledged my innocence after 12 years. They also published advertisements in local newspapers admitting their mistake,” Rai said.